STR.10:1 - Problem frame

Use this pattern when a strategic option looks attractive but its actual obligations, displaced work or consequences for others remain unclear. Begin with the commitment someone could make now: what resources or conduct would it bind, for how long, and who or what would bear its consequences?

The working result is a comparison of bounded commitments and their material consequences. It makes the sacrifice, irreversibility, affected people and systems, protected conditions and unresolved professional questions visible before the choice is made.

A recommendation, an option description and a commitment are different results. A commitment binds specified resources or conduct through an authorized decision. Its scope is not established by a favourable score or a project title.

Reuse a sufficient consequence comparison when it concerns the same configuration, horizon and commitments. Do not open a comprehensive impact programme for a small question already answered by qualified direct evidence. Legal, financial, ethical, safety and other professional conclusions retain their own methods and authority; this pattern identifies their contribution without supplying it by implication.